Well I'm tired of hearing from black people. And I'm also kind of tired of hearing loud-mouthed Italians. And a bit sick of yammering Chinese people too. Oh and homosexuals? They've had their say. And women, do they ever shut up?

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Is this how we want to run our civilization, as tribal groups based on the lottery of genetics? Should we even pretend to care about ideas or intellect or accomplishment anymore?

Of course not. Obama got where he is today with a bit of luck, a lot of money and a touch of melanin. Apparently that's all that matters to our society anymore.

If Obama appoints a woman, he should check the whether she has paid the taxes for the illegal alien who is raising her children.It would be more inclusive to appoint the illegal alien - er, documentation-challenged-American - instead.

Eisgruber's book "Constitutional Self Government" argues that the courts, and particularly the Supreme Court, are as much "democratic" (by which he seems to mean "political") institutions of self government as are the Congress and the Presidency. Of course every argument he makes in that column is contrary to this position.

His main view: elites are better at making certain decisions than the people are.

While floating on the fluffy breast clouds you can sneak into the large vaginas that are in the sky.

The large vaginas provide you more solace and quiet than even the fluffy breast cloud.

Slip into the large vagina in the sky and enjoy the wonders of the beave. Let the pubes tickle you as you slide into the deep and calming cooch. Once in the vagina venture around. Take it's many paths and hallways and find complete tranquility.

There is still a place for a strong white/black/oriental/hispanic leader who will govern with a fair but firm rule that respects the rights of all men/women to have the chance to work and learn and enjoy the fruits of their own labor. No more Big Kings Know Best nonsense from Europe and Africa in the name of fighting equality wars, please.

Funny when you see a white guy attacking "pasty-skinned white male oppressors", you can:

(1) Put high odds on the fact that the white guy will turn out to be a Jewish lawyer on the Left....(2) With professional job security and a ready explaination why Jews are excluded from the nefarious population of "white male oppressors". Basically because even with money and considerable power, they are "just like" fellow oppressed victims.

(3) And just as immune from criticism on their "identity" - as the 'fellow oppressed victims' they advocate for.

Why is it that pasty-skinned white male Jewish lawyers can be so loving of "diversity"? Basically because they are protected from career consequences unlike a New Haven firefighter with no other options. Such an Elite person in the Leftist jewish community - upon losing one spot to a "diversity candidate" can easily tap into the network and see what spots can open up or be made to open up through help in the Network of connected Leftist lawyers. Unlike most Americans, they have easy job mobility and sponsors able to get them into spots nationwide or even in transnational "activist/law/academia/NGO organizations.

Not picked as head of a black union? Make a few phone calls - and go teach law at Brandeis for a few years, or take that plum government spot your connections can deliver if Dems are in office. Or talk to your uncle about talking to his friend, the powerbroker lawfirm guy who was all part of the last generation's Leftist jewish lawyer activists - about opening up a junior partner position to park you at..

Nor do such folks appear to eager to argue for "more diversity!!" in fields Jews dominate, of other whites, let alone anymore than token minorities. See, as Victims, Jews are as above criticism or questioning - as a blind lesbian black lady named to heas a activist NGO, foundation, given tenure, made partner in a Lefty law firm...

Nor do the Eisgrubers choose to rail at pasty-skinned Jews "keeping diversity away" from boards and executive leadership of organizations like the ACLU, Human Rights Watch, NAACP. Jews were in charge of the NAACP from 1909 to 1967. Of the ACLU executive directorships and most of it's board since the early 60s. And groups like Human Rights Watch, Lawyers Guild, and Center for Constitutional Action ever since they were founded by liberal Jewish lawyers from elite schools, like Eisgruber.

Obama is going to appoint a liberal and I don't see how their color or sex will make any difference. For the first Bush it could help: He got a far more conservative justice in than he could have otherwise gotten by choosing a black conservative. Given that women and ethnic minorities don't have a reputation for conservative outlook, this isn't going to help Obama. In fact, since he is expected to pick a woman or a minority (or better yet both), he could most likely get a harder core liberal in if he picked a white man.

All this diversity talk is nonsense anyway. What I noticed in academia is that diversity meant picking people who all look different, but think exactly alike.

Sure, there aren't a lot, but they are regular features here. Althouse has gone through bouts of closing comments and moderating comments and banning commenters for being mean to her, but isn't bothered by regular anti-Semitic rants?

the same exact ideas, dutifully rehearsed by people that have have different skin colors?

or a number of diverse thoughts spoken, as it happens, by all whites?

I'll take diversity of thought, regardless of the source.

From where I sit, Quayle wins the thread so far with the above. How one physical trait (skin color) ever came to trump everything else is ridiculous; even more so that some among us perpetuate this idiocy. And "our ancestors did it" doesn't cut it as an excuse, either.

(And thanks to those who explained how to keep the HTML comment tags from screwing up...)